...Up the river Kendal we find the slate for our carvings. We go by canoe and usually spend a night by the river. We bring as many slates home, we can get and take in the canoe...

..At home we have to sharpen our machete very sharp, to smooth the rough slate. For each slate we find a new design, which would fit on it. We trace the picture on the slate...

...Now we start the long time of hard work. The carving process takes many hours until it is completely finished...

...Whenever we finish to carve the slate, we smooth it with sand paper and steel wool. Then the carving needs to be washed and left in the sun to dry...

...To get the carving shiny, we use shoe polish and would polish it three to four times...

...We mostly come together with the other women of our family, so we can enjoy the work. We would be sitting together surrounded by our children until we have to go back to cook the food for our family...